Welcome to chapter 2 of Radiant Versus Dire. For the second time, I am hereby informing readers that Shipping is included. Don't be sad just because the main genre is adventure. Comedy and Shipping chapters will still exist in the story and still be a part of the main focus.
Answering to my first and only reviewer of the story…
Republic Empire: I will try my best to make it one. Thanks.
MISC: In this story's first story arc, the Dexholders will actually find out a special way to combat the Unholy Alliance. The Unholy Alliance (named the Dire) will be an alliance of all the villain team's remnants. And if you can't figure out yet, Radiant and Dire is a reference to DotA 2. Some of the spells will be too. Oh… did I just let out a spoiler? Read to know about it then.
Special Adventures – Radiant Versus Dire
Arc 1 – Immersing in our own power
Chapter 2 – Radiant's radiance
It's been hours since the last satellite cannon incident. The remnants of the Dexholders (namely Gold, Platinum, Pearl and Diamond) searched high and low in the snowy fields outside Snowpoint Temple. Without Pearl's Luxray, searching for their seniors is going in quite a slow pace. Nonetheless, they did not give up, as they know clearly that their seniors will not go down easily.
Patience and perseverance really does pay off.
"Ow…" The group heard someone groan when Gold stabbed his fully extended billiard cue into the snow in an attempt to navigate the snow field.
Pearl and Diamond looked towards each other, and proceeded to dig the field immediately with the help of Platinum. After awhile of digging, they found Blue buried in the thick snow. Surprisingly, she was alive with her coat on her face to at least prevent the thick snow from entering or freezing her face.
As they helped their senior up, Blue can't help but give Gold a round of yelling despite being frozen in snow for hours.
"Your billiard cue stabbed directly into my stomach! That's painful, you know that? It was just lucky that it's a cue instead of a sword or a spear, and I am… oh wait."
"Its just lucky that you're fat enough, are you trying to imply this?" Gold giggled, but Blue slammed him down immediately after.
"I strongly advise you to rephrase that before I send you flying along with the floating snowflakes."
"I rephrase that…" Gold said while yelping in pain.
The Sinnoh trio can't help but laugh at their seniors despite the desperate situation to find the others. Speaking of others, there's someone's shadow in the snowy wind nearby the group. They immediately turned towards that direction, bracing up themselves for any enemy movement.
"It might be our seniors." Platinum's face brightened up.
"It might be our enemies, too." Blue reminded her while taking position infront her junior. Despite lacking energy due to her whole body buried in the snow for quite a while, she won't want to look weak infront her junior.
What relieved them is the shadowy figures are Ruby carrying a unconscious Sapphire.
"Uhh… help?" Ruby said to the group, asking for help for the deadweight behind his back.
The group immediately ran towards Ruby's direction, helping to carry Sapphire back to their base (Snowpoint Temple).
Back in Snowpoint Temple, Sapphire slowly woke up and realized that Platinum is beside her, tending to the campfire while drinking some water that is barely enough for the day.
"Why… am I here?" Sapphire rubbed her forehead while questioning her junior.
"Greetings, senior Sapphire. You were here because we found you unconscious behind another senior's back. He carried you all the way despite his wounds. Do not worry though, I tended to his wounds and he is currently searching for the other seniors along with Pearl and Diamond. Now if you may, please set yourself back down as your body is covered with bruises and wounds."
Apparently Sapphire flinched at the formality of her junior.
"Is the person Ruby?"
"Yes, its senior Ruby who carried you back here." Platinum noticed a contended smile formed on Sapphire's cheek once she said that.
"That idiot…" Sapphire blushed. Platinum can't help but wonder what is their relationship, but her thoughts were cut off by someone's familiar voice.
"Hello ladies, I brought company."
Platinum and Sapphire turned around to see Crystal carrying Yellow, Red and Green helping each other side by side, and Emerald surprisingly unscathed and even eating some snacks despite the harsh snowstorm.
The Sinnoh Trio immediately stood up to greet the seniors.
"Thank Arceus you guys survived. I was wondering did you guys make it." Pearl smiled and offered to help his seniors whom his seniors reluctantly gave Pearl their backpacks to lighten their load, especially Crystal since she is literally carrying a bag, an unconscious deadweight and a straw hat all by herself.
"By the way, where's Silver?" Crystal asked Gold while looking around. She thought that Silver arrived before her, but now he's nowhere to be seen.
"Did we even found him in the first place?" Gold face palmed.
"So that means we still need to find Silver…" Emerald muttered.
"Who's Silver? The girlish looking boy?" Pearl asked his seniors.
"I dare you to repeat the sentence again, and I'll skin you alive and feed you to Dewgongs." A familiar voice spoke up as everyone raised their heads in surprise to see Silver on the ceiling.
"What in the world of Arceus?!" Gold said, scared by the fact that Silver looked like a Noctowl from his view. Silver leaped down at the same time.
"Now everyone is back and reunited… thank Arceus…" Platinum said, placing her hand on her chest.
"So, time for our first official Dexholder meeting then!" Blue cheered happily and everyone started to sit around the campfire as Blue did the introductions of everyone to everyone.
After a round of introduction by everyone and Blue, Green proceeded to enter the main topic.
"So… anyone have an idea of where did our Pokemon went to?"
"Senior Gold said that they were teleported into another dimension." Pearl said while pointing to the gold capped boy that is roasting marshmallows with his indestructible billiard cue.
"What? Gold, are you serious?" Blue looked visibly surprised.
"I saw my Explotaro fading away before I was blinded by that god damn satellite bomb."
"Gold, mind your language. Set a good example for our juniors!" Crystal said as she kicked Gold's leg.
"I bet its because you think too much." Ruby replied sarcastically, despite that they're juniors compared to Gold. Gold doesn't even have the image of a senior in the first place.
"I second Gold's theory, since the last few hours I do got some information from some grunts of some newly formed crime organization."
"Team Rocket?" Red questioned.
"No."
"Team Magma and Aqua?" Emerald and Ruby asked in unison.
"No morons, they were already gone from the surface of the Earth." Silver face palmed.
"Please don't tell me its Team Galactic." Pearl commented.
"No. This team includes Team Rocket, Galactic remnants and possibly something called Team Plasma. Now would you guys stop asking questions and just let me explain? Argh." Silver groaned in frustration, silencing everyone successfully as everyone kept their eyes on Silver to hear his explanation on the matter.
"I woke up near Snowpoint City when I was knocked out by the bomb. As I was wandering around in the city, I spotted some grunts talking in the back alley of Snowpoint City Gym. Apparently their uniforms have the word 'Dire' on it, and they were talking about something called 'Dimension swapping cannon.' I assume that it's the satellite cannon that hit us and transported our Pokemon into another dimension. Luckily or not I don't know, but this experimental cannon does not work on humans yet."
"So I assume we need to find a way to either transport us into this dimension to get our Pokemon companions back into the real world, or find another way to teleport them back. And at the same time, we need to combat this 'Dire' thing? Without any Pokemon, what do we use? Sticks, stones and harsh language?" What Green said putted the other Dexholders into deep thought. What if they are attacked without a way to defend themselves since they have no Pokemon now?
"Can't we just catch some new Pokemons or borrow some of Crystal's Pokemon?" Emerald commented. While this suggestion brightened up Platinum, Pearl and Diamond's mood, Red's next reply sent them back into deep thoughts once again.
"Emerald, how long will you need to get back to Jotho to get Crystal's Pokemon without a form of transportation since our Pokemons are not with us now? Even if we do get back, that will need a lot of time. Time is money now, since we need to figure how to get our Pokemons back from that so-called another dimension."
"I assume the 'another dimension' senior Silver is talking about is the Distortion World, ruled by the Legendary Pokemon Giratina." Platinum informed her seniors about the existence of the 'Mirror world'.
"Giratina? That weak thingy I've blasted just now?" Blue questioned, making Platinum sweat drop.
"Well, yea." Pearl butted in.
"I can take a rough guess that Sird the bit*h is leading the so-called newly formed Dire right now. Gold said angrily at the thought of losing his beloved Pokemon. He is afterwards smacked hard by Crystal, apparently because he swore infront his juniors.
"Ow! Can't you just stop being like my mother, Super Serious Gal? Even my mother was not as annoying as you!" Gold said as he rubbed his sore back from that smack.
"Not over my dead body, Gold."
"Then I shall make you a dead body now." Sird suddenly appeared at the main entrance of Snowpoint Temple, causing everyone of the Dexholders group to be alarmed and stood up to face the intruder.
"Sird! Where's our Pokemon!" Yellow yelled in an angry tone. It was rare to see the blonde haired gentle girl get flared up, noted Blue.
"Well, your Pokemons are having a party in the Distortion World. With that genius heiress over there, I assume you guys figured that out already." Sird said with a deviously grin on her devil face.
"Return them at once!" Red yelled at Sird. But if yelling to the enemy actually works, they won't be any enemies in the world then.
"I came here to finish you off, not to hold a reunion party for you and your Pokemons." Sird smirked as her minions appeared behind her in a line, each wearing the Dire uniform.
"Introducing my new organization – the Dire. They are a new organization to do my bidding, and to take over the world. There will be no more free will, only MY WILL!" Sird said disgustingly as she walked away from the group. Red and Green immediately stood forward along with Ruby and Gold doing so after, prepared to defend the others even if it will cost them their lives.
"Silver, lead the others and run!" Gold said as he took cover against an Onix's Dragon Breath.
"Blue, run!" Green said while picking up a piece of torn wood as a makeshift shield to block the Toxic attack casted by one of the minions' Koffing.
"No way! Even if I die, I am going to die by your side!"
"Which part of 'run' did you not understand damn it?!" Green said as he charged towards Blue, tackling her out of the way of a Flamethrower attack by the minions' Magmortar.
Diamond and Pearl stood right infront the heiress, and handed her a knife.
"That's one of the knives I kept over the years in case of anything, and in such cases, you should keep it." Pearl said to Platinum and charged over as a human shield to defend the others along his seniors.
"Pearl, please do not do this!" Platinum yelled at her companion. Apparently, that did not and would not work as Pearl took a piece of stone brick from the floor and threw them towards the enemy minion's Pokemon.
Diamond stood up shortly after, preparing to join the brawl.
"Diamond, please. Do not do this! I do not want to see you getting hurt or killed, please!"
"Miss Lady, we made a promise to protect you, and we shall gladly honor that promise. Please escape along with Silver's lead." Diamond patted Platinum's head.
"Diamond, no!"
"There's one last thing I would like you to know. I love you, Miss Lady. Now go on." Diamond kissed Platinum and stood up charging towards the battlefield.
"DIAMOND, NO! STOP!"
Surprisingly, everything really stopped.
Platinum looked at her surroundings with awe. Her seniors could only move their eyeballs and observe their own surroundings. The time stopped right after Platinum shouted out loud the 'stop' word."
"Did I just stopped time?" Platinum asked her companions and seniors while being equally surprised on her own. The others could only look at her with equally surprised eyes, being paused makes them silenced for some reason. The battlefield was creepily silent at this moment, as Platinum walked towards her surroundings to observe the phenomena she created.
"So I guess I can control time… resume?" She said as she held her hand towards the direction of the Dexholders. They immediately dropped to the ground with surprise.
"What did you just do?" Gold asked with eyeballs big enough to drop out right from his skull. Everyone else was equally surprised as time stopping was impossible in logic, let alone by their junior Platinum.
"When did you have that special ability, Miss Lady? That was awesome!" Pearl said while holding a thumbs up towards the heiress. But before Diamond can even speak, the heiress dropped down to the cold hard ground out of fatigue.
"Apparently using that ability causes you to tire out, interesting…" Blue said as she rubbed her own chin like a professor.
"Miss Lady, are you okay?" Diamond asked an obviously stupid question while holding the heiress in embrace. The heiress forced a smile to indicate that she is all right, but that didn't help.
"Platinum, this can't stay forever. Uncast the spell on the minions, or you will tire yourself out." Red said.
"But… they will kill… us…" Platinum struggled to even speak a full sentence. But someone else diverted their attention towards him.
"Will this suffice?" Gold asked while holding up his fist that has a lot of electric sparks sparkling from it.
"Wow." Ruby and Sapphire were both amazed. Gold just gained the power to control electric.
"I guess someone's satellite cannon just backfired on them." Green smirked and tries to shake his hands, but nothing appeared like a Magikarp uses Splash. "Damn… this is just not fair..."
"Green, I think that some of us still need time to find out what is our granted ability, provided that we actually have one. Platinum, uncast the spell, now."
Platinum raised her hand forcefully with the last of her remaining energy, and spoke. "Resume." The minions immediately snapped out of their paused state with confused expressions. Gold used the confused time well and released a fury of thunderbolts right from his hand and knocked out the entire enemy Pokemon armada. The minions looked in awe as a human just released lightning out of his hand like a Pokemon would do.
"This is going to be fun." Gold smirked.
The minions and grunts all ran away at that instant Gold spoke out that sentence. At the same time, Platinum slowly regained her strength after she uncast the time stopping spell. The Dexholders are saved.
Green immediately took out his Poke Gear and called Professor Oak, while the others are still confused by Gold and Platinum's newly acquired superhuman powers.
"Grandpa, I need you to come to Sinnoh's Snowpoint City right now."
The man in the other side responded with a confused voice "But why, Green?"
"I need you to research on some humans that gained special abilities after withstanding a satellite cannon's explosion."
"Who are you talking about?" Professor Oak's voice shows obvious signs of 'What the hell?' in it.
"Us."
That's it for the second chapter. Be amazed. Small CommonerShipping moment when Diamond spoke his 'last words' to Platinum.
List of the special abilities known.
Gold: Electric controlling.
Platinum: Time controlling.
The others will have their abilities revealed time by time, so don't fret and do not lose your patience!
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Chapter by Storm
Released on 17th May 2013
